Darth Vader with a DUI

Last night while drowsy eyed
it was decided,
that were Darth Vader to get a DUI,
he would sit solemnly behind a bar
beside a moped that works one day and not the next,
and with labored breath,
and black helmet gleaming
in orange glowing street light,
he would consider every possible outcome
from every real and exaggerated personal failure.
With so much power,
wrapped up [...]

weight of a name/paper rants

I’m sitting in the Campus Center at IUPUI. It’s past lunch time, and there is a quiet and polite murmer of feet to and from classes, hushed conversations packed tightly in comfortable lighting, young people projecting a multitude of selves.None of them are yet fully formed, and they carry the arrogance that comes with the [...]